was him. translator: that was the sentence for one person, but what about the other eichmanns who fled germany and died at good old ages and were never brought to trial? you can give a sentence for one person, but you cannot avenge there is no vengeance for what was done to the jewish people. reporter: after eichmann had exhausted all of his legal appeals, he was hanged just a few minutes past midnight on june 1st, 1962. michael goldman gilad witnessed the execution and was part of a very small group chosen to spread eichmann s cremated ashes at sea. translator: i remember seeing the ashes. how little the ashes were. i thought, wow, how can this be so few ashes for a whole human being? and this brought me back to an incident when about 30 of us were taken from our barracks to another building.
here was a man who was appointed to be in charge of causing the carrying out of the murder of millions of people. so if any person deserves it, it was him. that was the sentence for one person. but what about the other eichmanns who fled germany and died at good old ages and were never brought to trial? you can give a sentence for one person, but you cannot avenge, there is no vengeance, for what was done to the jewish people. reporter: after eichmann had exhausted all of his legal appeals, he was hanged just a few minutes past midnight on june 1st, 1962. michael goldman gilad witnessed the execution and was part of a very small group chosen to spread eichmann s cremated ashes at sea. translator: i remember seeing